Super_Boom said:
I'd compare Mega Evolutions more to Z-moves, which literally are applicable to everyone, assuming they have a move of a certain typing. As I recall, a disproportionate amount of the Mega Evolutions were gen 1 anyway...though maybe there were a ton of others I weren't aware of. This game definitely doesn't give you a 2nd starter like X/Y (even if I wouldn't mind having another Charmander). I haven't seen as many Alola forms as I was expecting honestly...so not sure if that's a real issue or not yet. |
I don't think even half the Megas were Gen 1, such as Lucario, Scizor, Salamence, Mawile, Garchomp, Houndoom, Gardevoir, Abomasnow, Absol, Blaziken, and probably more. The only Gen 1s I can recall are the starters, Mewtwo, Khangaskan, Alakazam, and Areodactyl, but there's probably a couple more. Getting a second starter isn't as impactful a new forms, as the former can be ignored while the latter cannot as even if you don't use Alola forms yourself they can be used against you, changing up the game eitherway.
None of this is an issue really, atleast not to me (yet), but I definitely woulda preffered it if Alola forms were not Gen 1 only.
